viernes, 12 de septiembre de 2014

QUANTIFIERS

 DEFINITION:
Quantifiers arte expressions use to indicate a quantily and sometimes the speakers aptitude towards the quantily expressed . they after from numbers or numerals which indicate precise quantily.
Example:

  • We used a lot of manure last year.
  • How many acress have you cultivated? not, many/ just a few

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
  • COUNTABLE NOUNS:   singular/plural form , we can usee numbers with them
           -Where is my shirt? (one shirt, two shirt, four shirt) 
  • UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:  only one form , we can not use nombers or verbs in plural
               -Rice is an easy crop cultivate. (not rices , are , one rice)
   Some english quantifiers can go with both countable an uncountable
   nouns : a lot of , plenty of , lot of , enough , some , any
EXAMPLE:
  •   -I need some help.
  •   -Have you got any tiger nuts?
  •   -I've got a lot of work to do on the farm.
  •   -We haven't got enough time.
  
THEY CAN ONLY WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS:
        ●How many ?  [ (a) few , long number of , mayority of , ... ]
          -A few piglest have died because of the swim flue.
    -A large number of pigs were infected in Asia.
   
  
THEY CAN ONLY WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
       ●How much ?  [ (a) little , bit of , great deal of , ... ]
          -How much luggage do you got ?
          -A great deal of energy is being produced in an environmentally friend love.

 





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